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Foklore of the Winnebago Tribe by David Lee Smith Publisher Comments The oral tradition of the Winnebago, or Ho-Chunk, people ranges from creation myths to Trickster stories and histories of the tribe. It is particularly strong in animal tales, as storyteller and tribal historian David Lee Smith vividly demonstrates in... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $12.71 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Treasures of the Navajo (Treasures) by Theda Bassman Synopsis Navajo... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Custer's Fall: The Native American Side of the Story by David Humphr Miller Publisher Comments In 1935, David Miller began to gather the stories of 72 elderly Native American participants in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. This work is the result of his exhaustive, 22-year research--a superb oral history told from the perspective of the the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list I Tell You Now by Brian Swann Publisher Comments A rich diversity of attitude, experience, and literary style can be seen in I Tell You Now. For these Native American writers, being caught between two cultures has sharpened the struggle for self-identity and a sense of self-worth. They describe their... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price $2.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Navaho Legends by Washington Matthews Publisher Comments One of the earliest collections of Navajo oral traditions in English, this still remains among the most complete sources of Navajo cultural, ritual, and ceremonial information.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list A Little Bit of Wisdom: Conversations with a Nez Perce Elder by Horace P Axtell Synopsis In A Little Bit of Wisdom, Horace Axtell, a contemporary Nez Perce elder and spiritual leader, recounts to Margo Aragon his family's history and his own personal journey. It is a book about growing up Christian while maintaining a strong tribal identity,... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Talking Back to Civilization: Indian Voices from the Progressive Era by Frederick Hoxie Publisher Comments As progressive reformers took on America’s ills at the start of the twentieth century, a new generation of Native American reformers took on America, "talking back" to the civilization that had overrun but not crushed their own. This volume offers... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list In the Bear's House by N Scott Momaday Publisher Comments Since receiving the Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his first novel, House Made of Dawn, N. Scott Momaday has had one of the most remarkable careers in twentieth-century American letters. Here, in In the Bear's House, Momaday passionately explores themes of... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Maniilaq: The Prophet from the Edge of Nowhere by Steven B Terry Publisher Comments The inspirational rememberances of the Elders of the Northwest Arctic reveal the amazing life of the 19th century Inupiat leader whose vision and influence enlightened his people and prepared them for change before his mysterious disappearance.... (read more) Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Indian Basketry by George Wharto James Publisher Comments Most complete survey of Indian basket-making describes uses of baskets, their role in legend and ceremony, origins of forms and designs, materials and colors, weaves and stitches, plus full instructions for those who want to make their own. Southwest... (read more) Your price $8.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list

Sign up for our Recently Arrived Used Books newsletter service and find great used titles in Native North American on the very day they're added to our shelves. email address   From the Heart: Voices of the American Indian by Lee Miller Publisher Comments In From the Heart, Lee Miller retrieves the voices of Indian people over five centuries and weaves them into an alternate history of the continent, while introducing us to the grandeur and diversity of the 500 nations who held this land before the first... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $5.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Prairie People: Continuity and Change in Potawatomi Indian Culture, 1665-1965 by James A Clifton Publisher Comments In addition to reprinting the full text of Clifton's extraordinary ethnohistory, this expanded edition features a new essay offering a narrative of his continuing professional and personal encounters, since 1962, with this enduring native community.... (read more) Your price $25.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The First Americans by Henry Woodhead Publisher Comments History, customs, mythology, and lore of the continent's first inhabitants are inter-woven in this rich new look at our Native American heritage. Lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs, paintings, drawings, and artifacts.... (read more) Your price $3.20 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Lakota Noon: The Indian Narrative of Custer's Defeat by Gregory F Michno Publisher Comments In Lakota Noon, the Indian participants of the Battle of the Little Bighorn tell their own story of that hot day in June 1876. The author's innovative approach allows readers to follow the warriors onto the battlefield and see the fight through their... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price $12.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Spirit of Native America: Beauty and Mysticism in American Indian Art by Anna Walters Synopsis Art and religion are two words that have no equivalents in languages spoken by Native Americans. Yet these intensely spiritual people created objects for everyday use that are unsurpassed for sheer beauty, originality, and craftsmanship. "The Spirit of... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list North American Indian Legends by Allan A. Macfarlan Publisher Comments 90 stories from tribes throughout the U.S. and Canada cover a wide range of subjects: tales of creation, heroes, witchcraft, monsters, romance, enchantment, tricksters, and more. Includes, among others, "The Origin of Daylight" (Tsimshian), "The Flying... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Crow in Stolen Colors by Marcia Simpson Publisher Comments What's not to like? Wrangell, Alaska, rich in scenery, laden with native lore. A child who's not cute but sturdily self reliant. No victim, although needing shelter, James has been prepared by his grandfather for the weight of tribal responsibility. He... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $11.96 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Between Indian & White Words: The Cultural Broker by Connell Szasz Book News Annotation During centuries of contact between native peoples and others in America, numerous intermediaries--artists, students, traders, interpreters, political figures, authors, et al.--have bridged the divide between cultures. To convey the many roles of... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price $10.80 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Bird Girl and the Man Who Followed the Sun: An Athabaskan Legend from Alaska by Velma Wallis Publisher Comments From the author of the bestselling Two Old Women comes the story of two Native Americans who break the strict taboos of their communal culture in their quests for freedom and adventure in the unknown. For a headstrong young woman, it means defying her... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Dawn of the World: Myths and Tales of the Miwok Indians of California by C Hart Merriam Publisher Comments The stories collected in The Dawn of the World were related by the Miwok elders "after the first rains of the winter season, usually in the ceremonial roundhouse and always at night by the dim light of a flickering fire. They constitute the religious... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price $6.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list

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